Kitchen-cabinet.



D. F. DYKE.

KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APRMM. 1915.

1 215,261. Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

outrun s'rn rns PATENT oration.

DARRELL FRANK DYKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 TI-IE SENGCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

Application filed April 14, 1916. Serial No. 91,028.

kitchen-cabinets, and has particular reference to an attachment for thesame intended to support the sugar-container or jar, and, also, ifdesired, the pepper, salt and spicecontainers; the objects in view beingto provide a simple and inexpensive support for these articles, or someof them, capable of being readily'applied to the conventional style ofkitchen-cabinets and adapted to swing in and out of the same, whereby topresent the said containers for-convenient and ready access and removal,if desired, and to economically store the same when out of use.

With these general objects in view, the invention consists in certainfeatures of construction hereinafter described and particu larly pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper part of a kitchen-cabinet ofconventional style, the same being provided with my attachment, thelatter shown as folded and out of position for access to the containerssupported thereby; I

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the attachment inposition upon the back-board of a cabinet, said attachment being shownin full lines folded, as when out of use, and in dotted lines extended;and,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment in its folded position.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a pair of lazy-tong sections 1,1, formed in the usualmanner, and which attheir front ends are rigidlyattached to a sugar-container holder 2, the front member of eachlazytong section being extended beyond the adjacent pivot-point, aS at3, for this purpose. The sugar-container support 2, it will beunderstood, may be given any shape desired and which will conform to theshape in cross-section of the container 4, the latter generally havingan annularshoulder 5, for the purpose of resting upon the support. Atits front, the support 2 may be provided with a curved lip 6*,designedto be engaged by the finger whereby to draw the device outward to itsaccessible position. The lazytong sections are mounted for horizontalmovement, so that the support 2 being rigidly secured to the upper endor extension of each of the outer lower members, thereof and at such anangle thereto that will cause it to occupy a substantially horizontalposition when the lazy-tongs are retracted, said support will, when thedevice is extended, be inclined (as indicated by dotted lines Fig. 2)and hence, the upper open end of the receptacle or container supportedtherein presented in a similar manner, thereby presenting saidreceptacle or container in such manner' as to be most convenient ofaccess to a person standing in front of the cabinet. By collapsing thelazy-tong sectionsfolding themthe same recede, and in doing so, bringthe support 2 and the container therein to a vertical position (as shownin full lines, Figs. 1, 2 and 3).

Any desired means may be provided for attaching the lazy-tong sectionsto the backwall 6, of the cabinet 7, and preferably within thecompartment 8, usually found in all cabinets. In the present instance, Iattach a' pair of angular attaching-plates 9, to the back-wall and atoneside of the compartment 8, through the medium of screws. Each platehas an ear or lug formed thereon and to such are pivoted, as at 10,thelower ends of the rear lazy tong members of the two sections. Similarattacl 1ing-plates 11, are secured by ordinary screws at suitable pointsvertically opposite and above the plates 9, said plates 11 beingsomewhat longer than the plates 9 and each formed with an elongatedopening or slot 12. Studs 13, project from the upper rear ends of thetwo rear members of the lazy-tong sections and engage in said slots. Bythis arrangement the lazy-tong sections are permitted to whereby itsupper open end is most con-' veniently presented and accessible.

, a The invention may be carried further than yet described, if desired;that is to say, I may include in the device described a rectangularframe 14, fastening the same, by rivets or otherwise, to the outermember of one of the lazy-tong sections, so that said frame will move inand out as the device described isopened and closed. Within this framemay be located a series oftransverse frames 15, the latter being rivetedor otherwise connected to the side-bars of the frame 14, and preferablyhaving their front bars curved at each side of their centers to form'holders 16, of a size and shape adapting them to receive and support thecontainers for salt, pepper and spices, as represented by 17. It will beobserved that when the device is collapsed or folded out of position foruse the several containers 17 will be slightly inclined forwardly attheir upper ends and that when the device is extended or drawn outwardfor the purpose of giving access to any of said containers the latterwill be brought to a vertical position so that their several labels maybe readily discerned. I 7

Of course, it will be readily understood that I may omit the support forthe small containers'l'Z', if so desired, and merely employ the deviceand adapt the same for use in connection with the sugar-container orother similar receptacle; also that the construction of the support forthe containers 17 maybe varied from that shownsuch being merelyauxiliary to the main invention. I may also locate the described deviceat any other convenient point within the cabinet, and other means thanthose described and shown may be employed for connecting the device inposition.

Having described my invention, what- I claim, is:

1. The combination with the wall of a compartment in a kitchen-cabinet,of a pair of lazy-tong sections, the rear ends of which are looselyconnected at vertically opposite points to said wall and above thebottom of the compartment, and a receptacle-holder supported between theouter ends of said sections, and positioned with relation to the samethat when said sections are retracted or closed said holder occupiesapproximately a horizontal position and when opened or 2. Thecombination with the wall of a kitchen-cabinet, of a pair of lazy-tongsections loosely connected thereto at their rear ends and each havingits lower front member extended above its pivot point, and areceptacle-holder connected rigidly to said extended portions of saidmembers, whereby the receptacle-holder is maintained in approximatelyhorizontal position when the sections are retracted and in a positioninclined to the horizontal when the sections are extended. I r

3. The combination with the wall of a kitchen-cabinet, of a lazy-tongextensible bracket connected loosely thereto, a frame forming a mainreceptacle-holder at the outer end of the bracket, and a series ofsmaller frames forming receptacle-holders secured at one side of thebracket and extending laterally therefrom so as to move therewith andthe main receptacle holder.

fl. The combination with the wall of a kitchen-cabinet, of a pairoflazy-tong sections loosely connected thereto at their rear ends, areceptacle-holder mounted between the free front ends of the sections, aframe extending laterally from one of the members of one of saidsections, and transverse frames mounted in said laterally extendingframe and forming receptacle-holders.

5. The combination with the wall of a kitchen-cabinet, of a pair oflazy-tong sections loosely connected thereto at their rear ends, areceptacle-holder mounted between the free front ends of said sections,an inclined laterally extending frame connected to one of the members ofoneof said sections and receptacle-holders arranged in inclined seriesin said laterally extending frame. p I 6. The combination with the wall'of a kitchen-cabinet, of a lazy-tong extension bracket connectedthereto, and'a receptacle holder rigidly attached to and exending froman upwardly inclined extension of one of the outermost members of thebracket and adapted to assume substantially horizontal and inclinedpositions as said bracket is respectively retracted and extended.

7. The combination with the Wall of a compartment in a kitchen cabinet,of a pair of lazy-tong extension brackets having their rear ends looselyconnected to said wall, a receptacle-holder supported between the outerends of said brackets and positioned with relation to the same that whensaid sections are retracted-or closed said holder occupies approximatelya horizontal position and when opened or extended an inclined positionabove and out of contact with the bottom of thecompartment, and

laterally disposed smaller receptacle-holders In testimony whereof Ihave signed my secured to one of said brackets and so poname to thisspecification in the presence of sitioned with relation to the same asto two subscribing Witnesses.

occupy substantially a horizontal position 'DARRELL FRANK DYKE. 5 whenthe brackets are retracted and an in- Witnesses:

clined position When said brackets are ex- FRANK J. SENG,

tended. JOHN M. Bnos'r.

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